Grants awarded
You can search below for information about all grants we awarded. Our grants data is also available in csv format here.
We are committed to transparency, and believe that with better information, grant-makers can be more effective decision makers. In 2017 we started to work with 360Giving to publish information about Arcadia grants (last updated August 2026). Arcadia has waived all copyright and related or neighbouring rights to Arcadia’s grant data, to the extent possible under law, by dedicating it to the public domain with the Creative Commons CC0 waiver. This means the data is freely accessible to anyone to use and share.
Saving Nature's Strongholds
To support long-term conservation by establishing or expanding protected areas and strengthening conservation of the most important existing wilderness areas.
$8,000,000
2023
2 years
WCS - Legacy Landscapes Fund
To provide match funding for a long-term endowment from the Legacy Landscape Fund for the conservation of the Leuser Ecosystem in Sumatra, Indonesia.
$5,000,000
2022
5 years
WCS Local Conservation Partners Fund
To help local conservation organizations adopt new operational and business models to adapt to a post-COVID-19 future.
$2,000,000
2021
3 years
Environmental Leadership & Training Initiative (ELTI)
To provide training for people working in conservation in Asia and Central and South America.
$3,000,000
2022
5 years
Environmental Leadership and Training Initiative (ELTI)
To provide training for conservation practitioners in Asia and Central America.
$5,500,000
2011
7 years
Environmental Leadership and Training Initiative (ELTI)
To provide training for conservation practitioners in Asia and Central America.
$4,978,000
2016
6 years
Environmental Leadership and Training Initiative (ELTI)
To provide training for conservation practitioners in Asia and Central America.
$4,832,527
2006
6 years
Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage
To build a new cultural heritage conservation and digitization centre at Yale University.
$25,000,000
2011
5 years
The Hall of Graduate Studies
To refurbish the Hall of Graduate Studies and to support work to transform it into a centre for the humanities at Yale.
$25,000,000
2015
3 years
Yale University Library
To catalogue and digitize collections of primary materials, especially those in non-Roman alphabets without previous transcriptions, and make them freely available online.
$5,000,000
2009
5 years
Yale University Library
To promote open access to scholarly and cultural materials.
$100,000
2021
1 year
Yale University Library
To promote open access to scholarly and cultural materials.
$100,000
2020
1 year
Yale University Library
To promote open access to scholarly and cultural materials.
$100,000
2019
1 year
Yale University Library
To promote open access to scholarly and cultural materials.
$100,000
2019
1 year
Yale University Library
To promote open access to scholarly and cultural materials.
$100,000
2017
1 year
Yale University Library
To promote open access to scholarly and cultural materials.
$100,000
2016
1 year
Yale University Library
To promote open access to scholarly and cultural materials.
$100,000
2015
1 year
Yale University Library
To promote open access to scholarly and cultural materials.
$100,000
2014
1 year
History of Jewish Mysticism and Esotericism
To support the research and publication of Professor Joseph Dan’s multi-volume history of Jewish mysticism and esotericism.
$222,600
2014
3 years
History of Jewish Mysticism and Esotericism
To support the research and publication of Professor Joseph Dan’s multi-volume history of Jewish mysticism and esotericism.
$70,000
2020
2 years